Trains of the short Jiji Line deliver tourists and locals between old settlements along the Zhuoshui River, from the edge of the western plains to the foot of the mighty central mountains.
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You’re spoilt for choice if planning to overnight around Sun Moon Lake. There is such a wide range of attractive hotels and inn-style homestays – enticing in styling and scenic setting.
The city of Taichung’s coastal area is now firmly on the Taiwan travel map. We spotlight one of this island’s key religious centers, important heritage and archeological sites, and a woodcarving factory turned teahouse restaurant.
Miaoli’s Sanyi Township has long been woefully overlooked by travelers planning their Taiwan itineraries, but things are gradually changing. A new wave of serenity-seeking sightseers are waking up to the delights of this region’s easy-going rural charm.
Though an extremely busy tourist town, Lukang is not a place of big, or many, hotels. We take you on visits to two of its most popular places to overnight and recommend some of Lukang’s best-known traditional hot-snack treats and the places to find them.
The tourism experience in Changhua’s Fangyuan Township includes intertidal-zone oyster harvesting, “iron ox” eco-tours, “sea ox” rides, fresh harborside seafood and tidal-flats oyster/clam barbecues, Seaside Skywalk mangrove forest exploring and more.
A great 1,000-hectare swath of flat, quiet Tianwei Township in Changhua County is a vast country garden, home to a dense bloom of decorative flower, plant, and tree nurseries. What is called the Tianwei Highway Garden has become a prominent tourist destination in recent decades.
The core of Lukang, located just off Taiwan’s central-west coast, is perhaps Taiwan’s best imperial-days living museum, a repository of heritage architecture even more concentrated than that found in the acclaimed core of Tainan City to the south.
The Tanyashen Green Bikeway is a cycling route in Taichung’s Daya and Shengang districts. It’s an easy ride through semi-rural areas with a number of interesting sights to discover.
If you want to learn about Taiwan’s indigenous tribes there is no better way than visiting an indigenous village. Alang Tongan in Nantou County is such a place.